Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Calibration Posted on October 8, 2013 By Art Feierman 1. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector - Overview2. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Review-2 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Highlights - Projector Lamp Life - Doubles as a Widescreen Business Projector - Audio Built In - SD Card Slot No More - USB Input3. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector – Physical Tour - Appearance - Control Panel - Home Cinema 705HD Inputs - Epson Home Cinema 705HD Menus4. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector – Physical Tour-2 - Home Cinema 705HD Remote Control5. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector – Physical Tour - Home Cinema 705HD Lens Throw - Home Cinema 705HD Lens Shift - Anamorphic Lens6. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Image Quality - Home Cinema 705HD Picture Quality - Out of the Box - Flesh Tones - Home Cinema 705HD Black Levels & Shadow Detail7. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Image Quality-1 - Shadow Detail Performance8. 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Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Competitors-2 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. Sanyo PLV-Z60 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. Optoma HD65 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. Epson Home Cinema 720 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. InFocus X9 - Epson Home Cinema 705HD vs. Optoma HD20, Mitsubishi HC3800 - Mitsubishi HC380020. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Warranty21. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Review Summary - Epson Home Cinema 705HD: Bottom Line22. Epson Home Cinema 705HD – Review Summary-2 - Home Cinema 705HD Projector: Pros - Home Cinema 705HD Projector: Cons - Home Cinema 705HD Projector: Typical Capabilities23. Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 705HD Projector Specifications We calibrate each home theater that is reviewed. The Epson Home Cinema 705HD receives a basic calibration. It has less color controls than we find on most projectors, and that results in less ability to perfect the color balance. Nonetheless, the Epson starts out with pretty good color, and our settings changes, though minor, do further improve color accuracy. Color Temperature Header Content Dynamic 2132 @ 6674 Living Room 1895 @ 7261 Theater 1571 @ 7006 Game 1850 @ 7392 The Epson Home Cinema 705HD‘s out of the box color in Theatre mode is very good, but a bit cool (slightly more blue strength than red). Here is the same data as found in the Brightness section, which shows the white (100 IRE) temperature for each mode (those in bold are the two modes you are most likely to be using, and the only two we calibrated: Color Temp over IRE Range: Theater Column Content 30 IRE 6902K 50 IRE 6797K 80 IRE 7033K 100 IRE 7006K The Home Cinema 705HD has only a single control for each primary color – Red, Green, Blue. Most projectors, but not all, offer two controls for each, often called Gain and Bias. With two controls you end up being able to tune the projector a bit more tightly. These are essentially the same settings we started with. Once we attempt RGB, we should have an overall lower average color temp. As it stands, the colors look pretty good, just slightly thin on reds, as the average 450K shift would indicate. Basic Settings Header Content Dynamic Living Room Theater Game Contrast = (0) (0) -2 (0) -5 Brightness = (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) Color = (0) (5) (-5) -10 (5) Tint = (0) (0) (0) (0) Color Temp = (Medium) (High) (Medium) (High) Lamp Mode: Full power for all measurements, and settings. RGB SettingsSo far Mike has not adjusted the RGB as noted above.. As of this writing, he had not because the manual described the separate R, G, and B, as saturation controls. We’re going to take another crack at it a couple of days. 1. Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector Review - Epson Home Cinema 705HD Projector - Overview2. 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